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Plastic pollution’s devastating impact on wildlife
Plastic pollution has emerged as one of the most devastating environmental issues of our time and the impact on wildlife is deeply concerning.
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Weaker freshwater rules would threaten rural people’s health
Greenpeace Aotearoa calls on Christopher Luxon to keep his hands off of freshwater protections as new resource management act changes announced
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The Luxon Government’s transport plan steers NZ back to a car-dependent past
The government’s new National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) could easily have been renamed the “highway funding project”, given its intense focus on road building.
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Greenpeace slams Govt decision to expand seabed mining permit area
Greenpeace says it’s “unbelievable” that wannabe seabed miner Trans-Tasman Resources has been given the go-ahead to nearly quadruple the size of the area it wants to mine in the South…
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Greenpeace LIVE: Two energy futures, with Geoff Bertram, Stephen Poletti and Russel Norman
Join Greenpeace Aotearoa executive director Russel Norman for a conversation with energy experts Geoff Bertram and Stephen Poletti, on the future of energy in New Zealand. New Zealand is full…
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Without sanctions, requiring companies disclose environmental and social impacts has limited effect
As of last year, New Zealand’s largest companies and financial institutions have been required to disclose their climate-related risks and opportunities in their annual reports and regulatory filings.
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Shane Jones called out for seabed mining misinformation
The minister for mining and burning, Shane Jones, is trying to take New Zealanders for fools with inflated claims and misinformation about seabed mining off the coast of Taranaki, says…
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Fertiliser pollution set to continue under Ballance’s call for more fossil gas
Greenpeace Aotearoa is denouncing Ballance Agri-nutrients’ call for more fossil gas production, maintaining that urea needs to be phased out altogether.
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Ocean heat is changing marine food webs – with far-reaching consequences for NZ fisheries and sea life
Unless we act to cut emissions, shifts in microalgal composition are projected to get worse as ocean temperatures continue to rise, globally and regionally in the waters off Aotearoa.
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Why are fur seals starving in Kaikōura?
In Kaikōura over 1,000 fur seals have been found dead from starvation. Seabirds are starving too. It's a sign that ocean is under pressure from climate change and overfishing.
